MuBeta Laboratory Staff Profile


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Dr Andreas Fouras

Senior Research Fellow, Bio. Engineering
Research & Laboratory Manager, MuBeta

Address: DBE, Monash University Clayton
Phone: +61 (0)3 990 53493
Fax: +61 (0)3 990 59724
Email: Email Andreas



Qualifications: B.E. (Mech.) U.Q. 1995, M.Eng.Sci Monash 1998, PhD Monash 2008

Awards:

  • Bill Melbourne Award for most outstanding PhD Thesis in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Affiliations:

  • Fluids Laboratory for Aeronautical and Industrial Research (FLAIR), Monash University
  • Fetal & Neonatal Lung Development Laboratory (FNLD), Monash University

Upcoming trip: Japanese Synchrotron (SPring-8), November 2009, January 2010

Research Interests: Synchrotron-based in-vivo cardiovascular imaging and velocimetry, Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) techniques, boundary-layer flows, experimental measurement and diagnostic techniques, lung imaging, vascular PIV, cell rheology, image processing development, separated flows, free surface flows.

Teaching experience:

Paper(s) currently in progress:

  1. Dubsky, S., Fouras, A., Irvine, S.C., Siu, K.K.W. & Hourigan, K. "Three dimensional three component X-ray particle image velocimetry using multiple projections" In preparation for submission to Applied Physics Letters.
  2. Samarage, C.R., Carberry, J., Lo Jacono, D. & Fouras, A. "Optimisation of correlation and vector averaging processes for PIV" Under preparation for submission to Experiments in Fluids.
  3. Chua, C.S., Higgins, S.A., Fouras, A. & Hourigan, K. "A sub-millisecond asynchronous X-ray shutter" In preparation for submission to Review of Scientific Instruments.
  4. Nguyen, J., Fouras, A., Hooper, S., Kitchen, M. & Hourigan, K. "Improvements in the design ventilator for studies in ventilation of small animals" In preparation for submission to Review of Scientific Instruments.
  5. Nguyen, C.V., Fouras, A., & Carberry, J. "Image filtering to optimize correlation averaging and reduce depth of correlation in microPIV measurements" Under preparation for submission to Experiments in Fluids.

Publications

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Selected Publications:

  1. Fouras, A., Dusting, J., Sheridan, J., Kawahashi, M., Hirahara, H. & Hourigan, K. (2009) "Engineering Imaging – Using Particle Image Velocimetry to See Physiology in a New Light", invited submission to Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 36(2), 238–247.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2008.05102.x
  2. Fouras, A., Kitchen, M.J., Dubsky, S., Lewis, R.A., Hooper, S. & Hourigan, K. (2009) "The past, present and future of X-ray technology for in vivo imaging of function and form", invited submission to Journal of Applied Physics, 105, 102009: 1–14. Also published in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research.
    doi: 10.1063/1.3115643
  3. Fouras, A., Lo Jacono, D., Nguyen C.V., & Hourigan, K. (2009) Volumetric Correlation PIV: a New Technique for 3D Velocity Vector Field Measurement. Experiments in Fluids, 47(4), 569–577.
    doi: 10.1007/s00348-009-0616-7
  4. Nesbitt, W.S., Westein, E., Lopez, F.J.T., Tolouei, E., Mitchell, A., Fu, J., Carberry, J., Fouras, A. & Jackson, S.P. (2009) A shear gradient–dependent platelet aggregation mechanism drives thrombus formation, Nature Medicine, 15, 665–673.
    doi: 10.1038/nm.1955
  5. Fouras, A., Lo Jacono, D. & Hourigan, K. (2008) Target-free stereo PIV: A novel technique with inherent error estimation and improved accuracy. Experiments in Fluids, 44(2), 317-329.
    doi: 10.1007/s00348-007-0404-1
  6. Fouras, A., Lo Jacono, D., Sheard, G.J. & Hourigan, K. (2008) Measurement of instantaneous velocity and surface topography in the wake of a cylinder at low Reynolds number. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 24, 1271-1277.
    doi: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2008.06.013
  7. Fouras, A., Dusting, J. & Hourigan, K. (2007) A simple calibration technique for stereoscopic particle image velocimetry. Experiments in Fluids, 42(5), 799-810.
    doi: 10.1007/s00348-007-0293-3
  8. Fouras, A., Dusting, J., Lewis, R. & Hourigan, K. (2007) Three-dimensional synchrotron x-ray particle image velocimetry. Journal of Applied Physics, 102, 064916.
    doi: 10.1063/1.2783978
  9. Fouras, A., Hourigan, K., Kawahashi, M. & Hirahara, H. (2006) An improved, free surface, topographic technique. Journal of Visualization, 9(1), 49-56.
    http://iospress.metapress.com/content/dqg7404182177t34/
  10. Fouras, A. & Soria, J. (1998) Accuracy of out-of-plane vorticity measurements derived from in-plane velocity field data. Experiments in Fluids, 25, 409-430.
    doi: 10.1007/s003480050248